What do you think you are?: the science of what makes you you - Hardcover

Clegg, Brian

 
9781785786235: What do you think you are?: the science of what makes you you

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The popular science equivalent of the TV show Who Do You Think You Are?

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Brian Clegg is a popular science writer whose Dice World and A Brief History of Infinity were both longlisted for the Royal Society Prize for Science Books. He has written for publications including Nature, The Times and BBC Focus.

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The popular science equivalent of the TV show Who Do You Think You Are?

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  • You are definitely descended from royalty - if you have European ancestors, for example, Charlemagne is in your family tree
  • The hydrogen in your body was created soon after the Big Bang, around 13.5 billion years ago
  • The elements in your body are worth around £125
  • Your conscious mind only deals with a tiny fraction of what your brain does
  • Around 50 percent of what makes you you is genetic and epigenetic - yet you share 96% of your genes with a chimp (and 60 with a banana)
  • A big part of what makes you what you are (as opposed to the descendant of a dinosaur) was a cosmic impact on the Earth around 65 million years ago
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